The statement it made in a win late Sunday night seemingly has the UL baseball team feeling awfully good going into a do-or-die game tonight against the same team it beat last evening.

That's because the 56-8 Ragin' Cajuns didn't just defeat Mississippi State (39-23).

They did it in convincing fashion, using 18 hits en route to a 14-8 victory over the Bulldogs in the NCAA Lafayette Regional at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field.

UL led 14-3 after six innings and did so just hours after staving off elimination with an 11-1 loser's-bracket-game victory earlier Sunday over Jackson State, which upset it 1-0 on Friday in the double-elimination Regional.

The Cajuns also had a 9-2 Saturday win over San Diego State that eliminated the Aztecs.

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Fans celebrate after Jace Conrad's two-run home run against Mississippi State in an NCAA Baseball Division I Tournament game Sunday, May 1, 2014, at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field in Lafayette, La. Leslie Westbrook, The Advertiser

Fans celebrate after Jace Conrad's two-run home run against Mississippi State in an NCAA Baseball Division I Tournament game Sunday, May 1, 2014, at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field in Lafayette, La. Leslie Westbrook, The Advertiser

Fans celebrate after Jace Conrad's two-run home run against Mississippi State in an NCAA Baseball Division I Tournament game Sunday, May 1, 2014, at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field in Lafayette, La. Leslie Westbrook, The Advertiser

UL's Jace Conrad (19) celebrates with teammate Ryan Leonards (7) after hitting a two-run home run against Mississippi State in an NCAA Baseball Division I Tournament game Sunday, May 1, 2014, at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field in Lafayette, La. Leslie Westbrook, The Advertiser

Mississippi State pitcher Ross Mitchell throws against UL in an NCAA Baseball Division I Tournament game Sunday, May 1, 2014, at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field in Lafayette, La. Leslie Westbrook, The Advertiser

UL pitcher Cody Boutte throws against Mississippi State in an NCAA Baseball Division I Tournament game Sunday, May 1, 2014, at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field in Lafayette, La. Leslie Westbrook, The Advertiser

Mississippi State pitcher Ross Mitchell throws against UL in an NCAA Baseball Division I Tournament game Sunday, May 1, 2014, at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field in Lafayette, La. Leslie Westbrook, The Advertiser

UL's Seth Harrison connects for a triple against Mississippi State in an NCAA Baseball Division I Tournament game Sunday, May 1, 2014, at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field in Lafayette, La. Leslie Westbrook, The Advertiser

Mississippi State's Brett Pirtle (13) attempts to complete a double play after outing UL's Dylan Butler (15) at second in an NCAA Baseball Division I Tournament game Sunday, May 1, 2014, at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field in Lafayette, La. The runner was safe at first. Leslie Westbrook, The Advertiser

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"We had a pretty good idea about what our approach needed to be (Sunday night)," Cajuns centerfielder Seth Harrison said, "and we just wanted to come and show them 'em whose field this is, and whose home it is, and we gave it to them."

They did.

As a result, Sun Belt Conference Tournament-champ UL and 2013 national runner-up Mississippi State will square off at 6 tonight at The Tigue with the Regional title and a best-of-three Super Regional berth on the line, all part of a quest to get to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.

"We were fortunate enough (Sunday) to get come out and get two wins," said UL second baseman Jace Conrad, who had nine RBIs on the day, including a second-inning grand slam against Jackson State and a two-run homer in the first inning against Mississippi State. "We're going to move on to (tonight) and try to finish this thing out."

UL will start senior lefty Ryan Wilson on the mound. The outfielder/pitcher is 5-0 with a 1.69 ERA in 21 appearances this season, including five starts and 53.1 innings pitched.